Characteristics & Classification
Types of Galaxies
100
This galaxy has the shpae of a football.
What is an elliptical galaxy.
100
This type of galaxy has an elongated nucleus.
What is a barred spiral.
200
An elliptical galaxy has these types of stars
What are older stars.
200
This galaxy has an abundant amount of stars and dust.
What is an irregular galaxy.
300
This galaxy may have a black hole in the middle.
What is a spiral.
300
This galaxy can't form new stars.
What is an elliptical.
400
This is called the Local Group.
What is our galaxy neighborhood.
400
A part of this galaxy has rich amounts of gas and dust.
What is a spiral.
500
Sagittarius, Perseus, Outer, Norma, Far and Near 3kpc, and Scutum-Centaurus.
What are the arms of the Milky Way.
500
The definition of a galaxy.
What is a collection of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
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